Two Kevin Ellison Stories in One!
Mystery Road
Choices are like roads, taking us to destinations both planned and unexpected, but lofty thoughts like that are of no concern to young Kevin Ellison, who only cares about his dreams of basketball glory.
One day, however, while riding his bicycle to shoot baskets with his best friend, he comes across a side road he doesn't recognize, curving away into the woods. Intrigued, he rides down this unmarked road and encounters something both wonderful and quietly terrible, something that forever changes his understanding of the world...
A Night at Old Webb
Old Webb, an abandoned grammar school just outside Clifton Heights, is the place to be late summer nights in Webb County. A gathering place for friends to be themselves, away from grownups who have forgotten what it means to be young and free.
The summer of 1992, Kevin Ellison spent his Saturday nights there like everyone else. Everything was running according to plan: a college basketball scholarship, school, all the things everyone expected of him.
Then he met a girl named Michelle Titchner, and everything changed...
Choices are like roads, taking us to destinations both planned and unexpected, but lofty thoughts like that are of no concern to young Kevin Ellison, who only cares about his dreams of basketball glory.
One day, however, while riding his bicycle to shoot baskets with his best friend, he comes across a side road he doesn't recognize, curving away into the woods. Intrigued, he rides down this unmarked road and encounters something both wonderful and quietly terrible, something that forever changes his understanding of the world...
A Night at Old Webb
Old Webb, an abandoned grammar school just outside Clifton Heights, is the place to be late summer nights in Webb County. A gathering place for friends to be themselves, away from grownups who have forgotten what it means to be young and free.
The summer of 1992, Kevin Ellison spent his Saturday nights there like everyone else. Everything was running according to plan: a college basketball scholarship, school, all the things everyone expected of him.
Then he met a girl named Michelle Titchner, and everything changed...
You may need to have a box of tissues handy when reading this book, especially for the first novella Mystery Road, which is a beautiful, but melancholy ghost story.
Kevin Ellison is bracing himself for his father's passing. If you have ever lost a loved one to a long illness you know this feeling. While trying to be mentally prepared for the inevitable he is struck with a powerful memory that has been repressed for years.
When Kevin Ellison was fifteen, and on his way to play basketball with a friend he took a brief detour that lead him to the unexplained. Maybe he traveled through time, maybe he traveled to another plane of existence, or maybe a spirit with unfinished business just needed him to know that the end of life is not all there is.
Later, in A Night at Old Webb an unexpected package leads to a story about a college-aged Kevin and a bit of encouragement he received to follow his dreams.
The first story is more somber. The second is more uplifting, Both are beautifully written and stir up a wealth of emotion. If you're in the mood for a book that has all the feels. to raise a smile and a tear, this is it.
4 out of 5 starsI received a complimentary copy under no obligation to write a review.
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